Old Belarusian language

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Altweißrussisch referred

  • the language of the ancestors of the Belarusians (and the Ukrainians) between the 14th and 18th centuries (wr. starabelaruskaja mowa ): Ruthenian
  • especially in Belarusian usage (wr. staraschytnabelaruskaja mowa ) the common language spoken by all Eastern Slavs (i.e. the ancestors of the Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians) in the Kievan Rus up to the 14th century: Old East Slavic (Russian drevnerusski jasyk , Ukrainian dawnjoruska mowa also staraschytnaruskaja mowa )